Disability and Religious Diversity: Cross-Cultural and Interreligious Perspectives

By Michael StoltzfusDarla SchummM Stoltzfus, et al.

Book Overview

This collection of essays examines how diverse religions of the world represent, understand, theologize, theorize and respond to disability and chronic illness. Contributors employ a variety of methodological approaches including ethnography, historical, cultural, or textual analysis, personal narrative, and theological/philosophical investigation.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0230119735
• ISBN13: 9780230119734
• Release Date: November 2011
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 234 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.5" x 8.3"